The Irish standard., 1887-08-13
CATHOLIC NEWS.
The corner stone of a new Catholic
church at Menominee, Cedar county,
Neb., was laid week ago Sunday.

ClQrcI ht MCIOlUlllSc, SCun1 COuAVf .
Neb., was laid week ago Sunday.
The Sisters Of Mercy are about to
make ST ,OOO worth of improvements on
their property in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The retreat for the reverend clergy of
the st. Paul Diocese will commence on
August %, at st. Thomas Seminary.
The exercises will be conducted by Rt.
Rev. Bishop Gilmour, of Cleveland.
There are 12o priests il the city of
BROOKLYN divided as to nationality as
follows: Irish birth or descent, ninety
three; German, tWenty-one; Italian,
three; one Swiss, one Frenchman, one
Pole.
The Church Of the English College in
Rome, dedicated to IT, Thomas of Can
terbnry. the corner stone Of which was
laid by Pope Plus TX, twenty-one years
ago, is about completed. and will. it is
expected, be opened about the time of
the Jubilee Of Leo Kill, in December
next.
Cardinal Newman, at the recent
celebration of the feast Of St Philip
Neri, at the Birmingham Oratory, ap-
peared to be more feeble than ever. He
had to be supported down the steps by
Two priests, and when he pronounced
the bene,liction his voice was not audi
L
It has been definitely announced
that the period of the Papal Jubilee
will be marked by the canonization OF
the following Servants Of God: ~ The
Seven Blessed Founders OF the Servite
Order; ~ Blessed John Berchmans, S.
j.; {3j Blessed Brother Rodriguez, S. j.;
~ Blessed Peter C!aver, S. j,
St. Mary's College of the Christian
Brothers, Oakland, Cal, is too small 10
accommodate its greatly increased at
tendance. a larger building is to be
erected, at a cost of SA2, 600. The
Brothers are about twenty-five i'll Cali
fornia, and have many iiourishing in
stitnlions, including novitiate at Mar
timex, Cal.
His Grace Archbishop O'BIien, OF
Halifax, was recently presented with
an address and handsome secretary
desk, OF fine workmanship by the Irish
men of Halifax, rs it11 acknowledgement
or his sympathics with the Irish people,
and of the many occasions On which his
voice and pen have been raised III de-
fence Of che iefamed and oppressed peo-
pie Of the mother land.
Major G. S. Jones, Of Washington, d.
c., for the past ter years closely inden-
titled with the Burean Of Catholic In
dian Missions, has resigned THE Office of
treasurer which he has held for five
years pa t, and to which be was unani-
mously re elected. He is succeeded by
the Rev Father Barrotti. The Rt.
Rev. Martin Marty, Vicar Apostolic Of
Dakota, is president of the 3ureau.
During the celebration Of his Golden
Jubilee, the Holy Father will some
times officiate in St. Peters, in order
that the great influx of pilgrims may
have the h., ppineSS of seeing him and
assisting at his Mass. The great ball
over the portico Or yestibu]e of st.
Peters is now undergoing thorough
renovation, and it is expected tlat the
graud ceremony Of canonjzation an
nounced for the jubilee Will take place
there.
The Rev. l,r Ilortsman, Chancellor
of the Archdiocese Of Philadelphia, has
presented to the American Catholic
Historical S,ciety OF Shat city Cate
chissn which was givel, by Bishop }2nr- |
cell ct Cincinnati to the late Archb!sh-
op Wood Of Philadelphia, when the
latter went to the former asking to be
instructed in the Catholic Faith. Arch !
bishop Wood often showed it to visitors,
assuring them that he studied it. word
for word, like liltle child. etreas- !
,,red 1t above everything he possessed |
A thoroughly fashioned Christ
ian's last will and testament is that OF |
the lately deceased Bohemian Magnate.
Count Clam MARITIME. Testator, ad-
dressing his nephew and successor, ad
lures and entreats him, whatever may
happen. to remain true to the holy
Catholic Faith, to the PRINCIPLES of
honor and virtuous conduct; to preserve
loyalty to our King and Emperor; love
attachment, and devotion to our father.
land, Bohemia; to remain a worthy son
of his nation, and to practise constant
works of fraternal charity owards all,
towards the working classes
and the poor. r."-London Tablet.
Everywhere he goes Mgr. Persico, the
Papal envoy to Ireland, endears him
self to the people. AT Blackrock Col
lege the other day he said: "There is
not on the face of the globe nation SO
loyal and devoted to the Pope as the
irish, and that is because there is no
nation so Catholic as ireland ever has
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